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Words that just aren't used enough in (sports)writing

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by Tom Petty, Sep 8, 2012.

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  1. Bradley Guire

    Bradley Guire Well-Known Member

    Johnny Bedwetter sat out a series after taking an inadvertant low blow.

    or

    Johnny Bedwetter sat out a series after getting hit in the tallywhacker region.

    There. I wrote it. Tallywhacker.
     
    Bradley Guire, Sep 9, 2012
    #25
  2. dooley_womack1

    dooley_womack1 Well-Known Member

    Please, can we call it a tallywhacker?
     
    dooley_womack1, Sep 9, 2012
    #26
  3. linotype

    linotype Well-Known Member

    Antepenultimate.
     
    linotype, Sep 9, 2012
    #27
  4. Versatile

    Versatile Active Member

    My whole list was used recently by Chris Kluwe on Deadspin:
    • mind-boggingly (sic)
    • mindfucking
    • shitballs
    • lustful
    • cockmonster
    • dong
    • clusterfuck
    • piehole
     
    Versatile, Sep 9, 2012
    #28
  5. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    Kerfuffle
     
    Inky_Wretch, Sep 9, 2012
    #29
  6. Bruce Leroy

    Bruce Leroy Active Member

    Giblets
     
    Bruce Leroy, Sep 9, 2012
    #30
  7. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    Hmm. Not original, but I will go with: verbose, jocose, morose, lachrymose, bellicose or comatose. Take your pick. All can be applied to a drunk. ... or an athlete. ... or anyone, really!
     
    The Big Ragu, Sep 9, 2012
    #31
  8. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    Is that post otiose?
     
    Azrael, Sep 9, 2012
    #32
  9. JosephC.Myers

    JosephC.Myers Active Member

    adept (I just found this thread and laughed out loud at some of the posts)
     
    JosephC.Myers, Sep 9, 2012
    #33
  10. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

    Gantlet. Not gauntlet but gantlet.

    Also, this is not one used by sportswriters but used toward them ... But it tickles me when I hear older people refer to "writeups" of the game instead of articles or stories.
     
    LongTimeListener, Sep 9, 2012
    #34
  11. wicked

    wicked Well-Known Member

    Obtuse.
     
    wicked, Sep 9, 2012
    #35
  12. Johnny Dangerously

    Johnny Dangerously Well-Known Member

    sinew
    cynosure
    quell
     
    Johnny Dangerously, Sep 9, 2012
    #36
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